State v. Parris

OPINION

EUBANK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged by indictment with the crime of second-degree murder, a Class 2 and dangerous felony. His first trial ended in a mistrial. Thereafter, the case was again tried to a jury and appellant was found guilty of second-degree murder, a dangerous offense. He was sentenced to a presumptive term of 10.5 years imprisonment.

The state’s evidence showed that appellant stabbed the victim outside of the Jaguar Club, which is located in Phoenix. The state’s eyewitness, “Red” Martin, testified that appellant walked from the Jaguar Club with the victim, James…